A Rhetorical Analysis Of Megan's Story

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The reading by Albury, Kath and Kate Crawford examines Megan’s Story, a campaign ad, and questions the way different states handle incidents of sexting as child pornography. Megan’s Story is a short video that aims to inform people of the consequences of sexting. Megan’s Story was created by ThinkUKnowAustralia and shows a girl leaving a bathroom and smiling to herself as she walks to class. In class she hears a mobile phone notification go off and following this, several other mobile phone notifications are heard as the image is spread around. Her classmates start staring at her and giving her looks, and her teacher also received the image. Megan runs out of the room and a voice over says ‘Think you know what happens to your images? Who will …show more content…

It shows that the person who sends the images out are responsible for their actions and should ‘think again’ before participating in any sort of those behaviours. It does not take any other factors into account such as the law and the people involved in further distributing the image (Albury et al 2012). It also shows the idea that young women in particular are at risk of sexual violence and in no way emphasises the idea that they should keep a reputation. The video could have shown the legal consequences for the classmates and teacher for distributing the image and having possession of …show more content…

Sexting is defined as the sending of sexually explicit photos, images, text messages, or e-mails by using a cell phone or other mobile device [1]. It is common for people to send out or receive explicit images, especially in young teenagers. When young people share these photos they are often unaware of the legal implications that go with it. Young people are oblivious that serious legal action could be taken, as they are underage. It not only affects the person that sends it out, but also everyone who receives the image. As discussed in the lecture, the law regarding sexting varies in each state, however explicit images of young people could be seen as child pornography and the people involved could possibly be

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